July 2025 Update

I admit I've been extremely distracted lately. Anyone with a loved one in the middle of a war zone will understand what I mean. I'm slowly closing in on the 80K mark for A Cup of Conflict.  Or I was until Israel and Iran started lobbing missiles and other weapons at each other.

Yes, GK is alive. Yes, we spoke with him yesterday by video call. Yes, he's getting a combat badge for his uniform.

But I don't have to like it.

Anymore than DH likes talking to a coworker in Kyiv and hearing shelling in the background.

DH: Coworker, do you need to get to a shelter?

Coworker: Let me check. *short pause while he steps out on his balcony* No, the shelling is five miles away. We can finish this call.

Anyway...

Needless to say, A Cup of  Conflict is not done yet, though I'm on the downhill race to the end. Which is the only reason I've managed to get words in over the last three weeks. So, no, it will not be released next week as I had hoped.

When will it be done? I don't know yet. But it may not be until GK is safely back in the States on August 9th. Sometimes, being a parent sucks.